Alto Redondo
perhaps the place of this name in the province of San Luis, Argentina
Parodi: “existe una población de este nombre en Colombia” (146).
perhaps the place of this name in the province of San Luis, Argentina
Parodi: “existe una población de este nombre en Colombia” (146).
character in Borges story
old name for Saxony
section of Snorri Sturluson's Snorra Edda translated by Borges and Kodama
Borges poem
Spanish conquistador in Mexico and Central America, 1486-1541.
Fishburn and Hughes: "One of the Spanish conquerors of the Indies who in 1519 joined Cortes's expedition to Mexico. From his red face and blond hair he was named by the Indians Tonatinh, 'the sun'. In 1520 he ordered the destruction of the temple of Tenochtitlán and a ruthless massacre. In Guatemala he was responsible for the burning of the capital in 1524, after which all the Quiché tribes submitted to the Spaniards. He also went to Peru, and died under a horse while marching to the aid of an expedition in the mountains of Nochiztlán." (9)
Spanish explorer and cartographer, 1494-1520
Argentine writer, author of Leonardo da Vinci, su vida y su obra, 1942
Argentine writer, 1858-1903, who used pseudonyms Fray Mocho and Fabio Carrizo; author of Un viaje al país de los matreros, Memorias de un vigilante, Vida de los ladrones celebres de Buenos Aires y sus maneras de robar and other works
Parodi: escritor y periodista argentino, autor de ensayos y cuentos (Galería de ladrones de la capital, 1887; Memorias de un vigilante, 1897; Viaje al país de los matreros, 1897; La vida de los ladrones célebres de Buenos Aires y sus maneras de robar, 1887; En el Mar Austral o La Australia Argentina, 1898). Dirigió la revista Caras y Caretas, memorable “semanario festivo, literario, artístico y de actualidades”, donde publicó, entre 1898 y 1903, bajo el pseudónimo de Fray Mocho, cuentos y crónicas costumbristas sobre la vida en Buenos Aires a fines del siglo xix, que brindan una excelente reconstrucción literaria del lenguaje popular y callejero de la ciudad. Según Borges y Bioy, el cuento de Seis problemas que mejor plasma en su tono una escritura “à la Fray Mocho” es “Limardo” (cf. Borges 699) (33).
Argentine historian, lawyer and judge, 1878-1954, author of Historia de la música argentina
avenue in Buenos Aires
Parodi: 1) "una aristocrática avenida que se extiende por menos de un kilómetro en los barrios de Recoleta y Retiro" (430).
2) “alusión a la sede de la Secretaría de Cultura de la Nación, ubicada desde 1960 en el Palacio Casey, construido hacia el año 1889 en la intersección de la Avenida Alvear y la calle Rodríguez Peña, en el barrio de Recoleta” (435).
chic hotel on the Avenida Alvear in Buenos Aires
Parodi: ”el Alvear Palace Hotel, el más suntuoso del Buenos Aires de entonces; un edificio inaugurado en 1932, inspirado en el estilo de los hoteles Ritz de París y de Londres, lujosamente amueblado y decorado, está ubicado en el barrio de Recoleta, en Ayacucho y Alvear” (217).
niece and lover of Marcelo T. de Alvear, b. 1902, sister of Elvira de Alvear
Argentine general and political figure, 1789-1853.
Fishburn and Hughes: "An Argentine public figure and military leader. Alvear was in charge of the criollo revolutionary forces who in 1814 defeated the Spanish in Montevideo, replacing Spanish colonial rule with porteño domination. He schemed unsuccessfully with several caudillos of the eastern provinces against the Unitarian government of Buenos Aires and was exiled to Uruguay. During the war with Brazil Alvear was recalled and placed at the head of the Republican army, in charge of some 5,500 soldiers and some of the greatest military leaders of Argentina, such as Paz, Lavalle and Olavarría. In 1827 he achieved a brilliant victory at Ituzaingó, defeating the Brazilian Imperial army and bringing the war to an end. He died in the USA where he was representing Rosas's government." (9)
Argentine poet and patron of the arts, 1907-1959, author of Reposo, 1934, and publisher of the periodical Imán, edited in Paris by Alejo Carpentier
Argentine politician, president from 1922 to 1928
the Lay of Allwise, early Icelandic poem about Thor, a maiden and a dwarf
the housekeeper, minor character in Don Quijote